House of the week: Mizen Head, West Cork, €285,000

If you really do want to get away from it all, the madding crowd and the beach scene bustle, then pack up your troubles, and go to Kit’s Cottage.

Called after a previous owner, this upgraded yet still traditional West Cork stone home has character in spades, as well as peace and tranquility.

“You can stay as quiet as you like here, but if you do want to talk to someone, there are neighbours a walk away up the road,” suggests estate agent Micheál Duggan of Sherry FitzGerald O’Neill in Skibbereen town.